Detroit police say they've safely removed a pipe bomb from a home on the city's east side after responding to a domestic disturbance.

Police Sgt. Eren Stephens tells The Detroit News that a 23-year-old woman told officers her 41-year-old step-father assaulted her early Monday. Stephens says the man was gone by the time police arrived but they found several weapons and the pipe bomb.

The Detroit Police Department's bomb squad removed the pipe bomb. WWJ-AM reports several area homes were evacuated on Monday morning.